Contacts
What's happening in your ward
Local council services
Reporting problems
Your ward committee and getting involved
Further information
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What's happening in your ward
Citizen's Advice Bureau
There is new Citizen's Advice Bureau operating at the Blakelaw Community Centre, every Friday from 5-7pm and Saturday from 10am-12 noon. They currently provide advice on issues or problems concerning benefits, debts, housing, gas and electricity, employment, family and relationship matters.
These sessions are sponsored by Blakelaw and North Fenham Parish Council. Please phone Mike Nelis if you have any queries on 0191 286 8083.
Please note the new e-mail address for Blakelaw and North Fenham Parish Council is bnfpcouncil@btconnect.com. If you have any further queries please phone the Parish Council on 0191 286 8083
Small Sparks
The Small Sparks programme is being run this year in Kenton, Fawdon and Blakelaw wards. The programme is run by Newcastle City Council and partners. It offers individual grants up to £250 on a match funding basis. For example if your project has been offered £200 in funding from a local business, Small Sparks would match this and also contribute £200. You don’t need to be involved in any other neighbourhood activity or have lots of resources to apply. It doesn’t matter how old or young you are, what you do or what abilities you have. You just have to get together with one or more people from your local area or community group and plan a Small Sparks project, complete your project within two months and be willing to attend an end of year community celebration to share your story with other Small Sparkers.
Please phone Cal on 211 3584 if you want to find out more about this scheme.
View the guidance notes to find out more. (pdf, 82Kb)
Wheeled Bins
Could all residents across the Blakelaw, Fenham and Wingrove areas please take in their wheelie bins at night after rubbish collection. There has been an increase in lead theft across these areas and the police are asking all local residents to co-operate to help combat this issue. If you have any further queries regards any sorts of theft please contact your local police station.
Newcastle Warm Zone are working in your area and we encourage you to talk to our assessor who will call to your door - an assessment to see if you are eligible for free cavity wall and loft insulation takes only five minutes and we don't even need to enter your property. All of our staff carry ID and wear the Warm Zone uniform. If you have any queries about the Newcastle Warm Zone project please call us on 0191 277 7373.
Click here for more information about Newcastle Warm Zone.
Regeneration
Part of the Blakelaw Ward is involved in the North Central Regeneration project. The project also includes Cowgate, Kenton Bar and North Kenton areas. Over the last few months consultants appointed by the City Council have been gathering the views of various groups and individuals within the community about the Blakelaw area. The findings will be fed into a report which will go to the executive. The report will recommend how the area can be regenerated. Watch this space for more information about the proposals and how they will affect you and your community.
Blakelaw Park
Blakelaw Park is open to both local people and people from outside the area who wish to use its facilities. The tennis courts, basketball, skateboarding, BMXing and play area are free to everyone at all times. The multi-use sports pitch can be booked through Cowgate Leisure Centre by phoning 286 9521. On Tuesday and Friday evenings there is free community football for local people from 5pm - 9pm. A coach is provided during these sessions. These times may change in the future but we will let you know if this happens. For more information contact the Parks and Countryside Section on phone: 211 6214.
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Neighbourhood Services, one of the council's departments, is responsible for dealing with the cleanliness, safety and improvement of the local environment. The manager for Blakelaw ward is Susan Shaw.
The managers are in charge of the Neighbourhood Response Teams, whose job it is to respond quickly to problems that soon make a place look untidy or make it feel unsafe. This team includes the Rapid Response staff who sweep the streets, pick up litter and empty litter bins; remove small scale graffiti; make minor repairs to the footpath or street furniture; and cut back shrubs. They also deal with problems such as dead animals, blocked street drains, potholes and fly-tipping.
The Neighbourhood Response Managers make sure these teams are doing the jobs that are a priority for the local community. They work with local councillors, ward co-ordinators, tenants' and residents' groups and local people to find out what their priorities are. They work closely with other Neighbourhood Services teams in the area such as grounds maintenance, and road and pavement work.
If you want to contact your Neighbourhood Response Manager you can contact them directly, e-mail them or go along to a ward committee meeting.
Key monitoring documents
Ward priority plan (pdf, 27Kb)
- sets out the key environmental issues in the ward and what we are doing to tackle them
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If you want to report environmental problems, such as overhanging trees or graffiti, or ask for a bulky rubbish collection, you should contact Envirocall.
Our streetlights are maintained by a PFI (Private Finance Initiative) project.
We work with the police on removing abandoned vehicles.
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Ward Committees
Your Ward Committee is made up of the three local councillors. Its purpose is to identify and address local issues. The committee consults and works with local residents and businesses, agencies and voluntary and community sector organisations.
The Ward Committee meets at on the fourth Thursday of the month at 7pm, excluding August and December. The dates for meetings are:
2008
22 May – Fenham Library
26 June – Blakelaw Neighbourhood Centre
24 July – Fenham Library
25 September – Blakelaw Neighbourhood Centre
23 October – Fenham Library
27 November – Blakelaw Neighbourhood Centre
The Ward Co-ordinator organises and publicises Ward Committee meetings and deals with any issues raised. They can help you with transport to and from the meeting, childcare and information in a range of community languages.
View the public papers for Blakelaw Ward Committee meetings.
Grant Aid
The Ward Committee has a budget which community and voluntary sector groups can apply for by completing a grant aid application form (See related forms to right of screen). The deadline for the submission of application forms is two weeks prior to the meeting.
To find out more about grant aid please read the Guidance Notes (pdf, 35Kb) or speak to your ward co-ordinator.
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Find out what consultations the council is carrying out in your ward and submit your views online. You can also see the results of previous consultations.
Cityeye gives details of events in your ward. You can also find information about societies and clubs in Blakelaw.
Use our online map to find your nearest libraries and schools. You can also find out where your nearest recycling site is and find leisure services, such as swimming pools, and heritage information, such as listed buildings and ancient monuments.
See also the Related Pages panel at the right of the screen.